Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966

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Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966: 95 , fig. 34.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; Clayton & Price 1984: 353, figs 20, 41.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; Price et al. 2003: 239.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; González-Acuña et al. 2006b: 302.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; Moreno & González-Acuña 2015: 96, fig. 8.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; González-Acuña & Moreno 2018: 262, fig. 3-20.

Strigiphilus chilensis Carriker, 1966 ; Grandón-Ojeda et al. 2018: 164, figs 8–9.

Holotype ♀ in USNM (see Emerson 1967: 124).

Type host: “ Bubo virginianus nacurutu (Vieillot, 1817) ”, in error for Bubo magellanicus (Lesson, 1828) (see Remarks below).

Chilean host: Bubo magellanicus (Lesson, 1828) .

Other hosts: None.

Chilean localities: Putaendo: Region V; Las Condes (Santiago): Region RM; Concepción: Region VIII; Chillán: Region XVI .

Geographic distribution: South America.

Chilean references: Carriker (1966); Clayton & Price (1984); González-Acuña et al. (2006b); Moreno & González- Acuña (2015); González-Acuña & Moreno (2018); Grandón-Ojeda et al. (2018).

Other significant references: Emerson (1967); Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: The type locality of Strigiphilus chilensis is “ Santiago, Chile ”, but the geographical distribution of Bubo virginianus nacurutu does not include Chile. Clayton & Price (1984) and Price et al. (2003) named the type host as given in the original description, but the remaining Chilean references also added the host Bubo magellanicus or only mentioned the latter host species. Considering that the only species of Bubo that occurs in Chile is Bubo magellanicus (see Martínez-Piña & González-Cifuentes 2004: 147), this species is the type host of Strigiphilus chilensis . At present, this louse species is known only from Chile, although the distribution of the type host extends to other countries. Grandón-Ojeda et al. (2018: 164) found 315 specimens of S. chilensis on 16 of 19 birds examined, a prevalence of 84.21%.